Northern Dynasty Board restructures, loses six seasoned Directors

In July 2015, NDM shareholders approved the election of nine Board members, all of whom had served the company between five and 20 years. By February 2016, six of those Board members had resigned.

In February, NDM announced that it had restructured its Board and reduced the number of Directors. Earlier in 2015, NDM acquired Cannon Point Resources and Mission Gold as part of its financing strategy, with Board members from those companies joining the NDM Board. Consequently, more than half of NDM’s current Board of Directors have fewer than six months’ experience with the company.

NDM Board Members

  Joined NDM Board Specialty Note
Robert Dickinson, Executive Chairman 2004 Project development  
Ron Thiessen, President and CEO 2001 Corporate development  
Ken Pickering 2013 Engineering, mining development  
Gordon Keep Oct 2015 Geologist, investment banking, natural resource companies Cannon Point board member
Marcel de Groot Dec 2015 Accounting, venture capital Mission Gold board member
Desmond Balakrishnan Dec 2015 Attorney, mergers and acquisitions  
David de Witt Feb 2016 Corporate/securities law, venture capital Mission Gold board member
Steven Decker March 2016 Financial analyst, portfolio manager  

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